Uzbekistan security-service arrests augur infighting

High-profile detentions may signal start of elite clan struggles surrounding Karimova case

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  • National Security Service
  • SNB general arrested
  • Regime seeks to clip SNB's wings
  • Prosecutor's Office dismissals
  • Gulnara Karimova
  • House-arrest law
  • SNB purges highlights infighting
  • Succession struggles
  • SNB remains important

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